Child maltreatment, which includes abuse and neglect, is one of the most serious public health concerns worldwide. These ...

New research reveals that child maltreatment leaves measurable biological “scars” on DNA, altering brain structure and function.

Obesity before pregnancy, not just during, may shape a child’s brain and raise the risk of autism spectrum disorder, a new study has found. Epigenetic changes in eggs triggered gene shifts linked to ...

Epigenetics shows how your lifestyle and environment can influence your child's health. This article explains the basics of ...

A new review in Clinical Epigenetics synthesises growing evidence that paternal lifestyle and environmental exposures such as diet, obesity, smoking, endocrine-disrupting chemicals, and stress alter ...

A brief history of the term and concept epigenetics / Brian K. Hall -- Heuristic reductionism and the relative significance of epigenetic inheritance in evolution / James Griesemer -- The epigenetics ...